Recap

Hopefully you have skimmed my three articles located at the end of my previous post. Here, I will briefly summarize them and talk more about why those particular aspects of weight loss are important.

When you lower your bmi, you are essentially reducing your body fat. Indeed, there are better ways to calculate your body fat (calipers and water displacement). However, for the average person's purposes, using a quick BMI calculator is sufficient. This is because you are using the same source of measurement over a period of time. As with any measurement, you want to be sure to take a benchmark (or initial) measurement and then perform the exact same measurement at the end of each week, month or whatever time period you choose--just be consistent!

Reducing your bmi is simply one aspect or factor of weight loss. I have categorized these various factors into three main groups: predisposition; lifestyle and diet. Again, recalling the second article, predispositions are the factors that you cannot really control. The best you can do is avoid certain behaviors that would exacerbate them. For instance, if you possess food allergies, then your diet must exclude those foods in order for you to lose weight (and live happily). Lifestyle is simply everything that you can control outside of dieting. It deals with all non-nutritional aspects of weight loss including exercise, what you do for work, what you do for fun, how you maintain your body and so on.

I cover dieting in my third article. Not just dieting but successful dieting. This means giving your body what it needs to perform daily tasks and endure your weight loss regimen as well as avoiding anything that would undermine this process. Some dieting tips will seem like common sense to you while others are counter-intuitive. Many people know that junk food is not a good choice for a snack when losing weight, but a lot of people still do not understand the fact that every time you eat, your metabolic rate rises which is why it is important to eat regularly (every 2-3 hours) while controlling the type and amount of food you intake.

I hope you find this information helpful. Soon, I will begin integrating my own workout programs into this blog and provide more updates on a daily basis. Tomorrow, I should have a new article for your viewing pleasure. If you like this blog so far, tell your friends who are also struggling to lose weight.

Until tomorrow..